What is another word for extraneous?
Synonyms for extraneous
ɪkˈstreɪ ni əsex·tra·ne·ous
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extraneousadjective
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
Synonyms:
intrusive, alien, additional, foreignextraneousadjective
Not essential or intrinsic
Synonyms:
extra, superfluous
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
extraneous
Synonyms:
extrinsic, external, foreign, outside, alien, unconnected, unrelated, ascititious, adventitious
Princeton's WordNet
extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonaladjective
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
"an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
Synonyms:
pert, nonmaterial, wise, incorporeal, overbold, smart, rectangular, fresh, immaterial, outside, foreign, irreverent, saucy, orthogonal, impudent, sassy, impertinent, indifferent, externalAntonyms:
intrinsic, intrinsical, purifying, relevantextraneousadjective
not essential
"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
Synonyms:
external, foreign, orthogonal, impertinent, outside, immaterialAntonyms:
intrinsical, intrinsic, relevant, purifyingextraneous, foreignadjective
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
Synonyms:
immaterial, strange, impertinent, orthogonal, alien, external, outside, foreignAntonyms:
intrinsic, intrinsical, relevant, purifyingexternal, extraneous, outsideadjective
coming from the outside
"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"
Synonyms:
immaterial, outdoor(a), out-of-door, impertinent, orthogonal, remote, away, external, outside, outside(a), foreign, internationalAntonyms:
relevant, intrinsic, intrinsical, purifying
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "extraneous":
extrinsic, irrelevant, external, exogenous, superfluous, strange, foreign, alien, unrelated
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#215 | international | |
#585 | additional | |
#699 | away | |
#1188 | foreign | |
#1190 | outside | |
#1378 | extra | |
#1639 | remote | |
#1642 | external | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2207 | smart | |
#3929 | strange | |
#4991 | wise | |
#5966 | alien | |
#12404 | rectangular | |
#13150 | irrelevant | |
#14031 | unrelated | |
#19616 | sassy | |
#22412 | orthogonal | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#26185 | intrusive | |
#27898 | exogenous | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#36762 | extraneous | |
#40695 | saucy | |
#41497 | pert | |
#41631 | immaterial | |
#42140 | irreverent | |
#44272 | extrinsic | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#103529 | impudent | |
#109233 | impertinent | |
#113054 | adventitious | |
#116356 | incorporeal | |
#302329 | nonmaterial |
How to use extraneous in a sentence?
There's no longer language in the bill tying extraneous issues (to the bill). That would be a deal breaker.
I wouldn't be for a bill that would be $ 1.8 trillion - $ 2 trillion, it's too much and there's going to be too much extraneous stuff as well.
It is not inconceivable now that Mr. Robert Mueller and Robert Mueller team may seek to conjure up some extraneous crime, pertaining to my business, or maybe not even pertaining to the 2016 election.
The art deprived of closeness to the world is, in fact, pure, flat, unmanageable, decorative. Totally extraneous because she herself destroyed outer. Empty and indifferent, deprived of destiny, it solves only technical issues.
Our caucus believes that the fairest easiest and most bipartisan way to come to an organizing resolution is to enact the 2001 agreement that senators Lott and Daschle came to in a bipartisan way back then. We, our caucus, is strongly opposed to any extraneous provisions.
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- خارجيArabic
- чужд, въ̀ншенBulgarian
- fremdGerman
- extrañoSpanish
- بیرونیPersian
- asiaankuulumatonFinnish
- étrangerFrench
- बाहरीHindi
- idegenHungarian
- estraneoItalian
- ಬಾಹ್ಯKannada
- estranhoPortuguese
- чу́ждый, посторо́нний, вне́шнийRussian
- stran, nepripadajućiSerbo-Croatian
- ovidkommande, främmande, yttreSwedish
- అదనపుTelugu
- 外來Chinese
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